San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-06-23

The True Blues--0nly Another Name fol
the Opposition TO the Democratic
Party.
1t has become apparent since the
present canvass opened that the so
called True Blue party is but new
combination organized for the over
throw OF tho Democratic party which
mainly stands for prohibition, and
that IL the amendment shall ne defeat
ed il will be through this copbination
Of Republicans with their negro and
foreign following aided by the Dem
ocratio minority Of anti-probibi'
tionists. The course Of the Republican
leaders OF the State indicates this be-
You'd all doubt For example take the
following passage from an editorial in
Jas. p. Newcomb's paper, the Re-
publican
Up TO this good hour the republi-
cans have never been compromised in
to aiding the democracy, but now their
old enemy and traducer is in trouble
and he calls on the republicans to
help him ont. The prohibition ele-
plant, which they have petted, and
fondled and fed, and called pet names
and adopted into the family as on o
of their own threatens to break them
into factions, and they want to in
duce the republican, to come in and
help them to call prohibition a nom
political issue, and to go in and pull
the chestnuts out of the fire for the
democrats, and if the PROHIBITION
amendment passes they will say, the
republicans did it!
We say to republicans over Texas,
stand as one man and vote against
prohibition. Let the democracy take
up its own bastard, and be RESPONSE
BILE for the consequences.
Our party has stood fair and square
fer the liberty and equal rights of all
men let us not dim its record by de-
sorting the cause of personal liberty
which is involved in this issue. If
we can deal a blow at the most mis-
chievous political party in the country,
the prohibitionists, let us do it. 1t
was st. John and his fellow profess
sional prohibition politicians who
helped the democrats beat Blaine in
New York. In fact, wherever and when
ever this prohibition party has had
the opportunity it has given a stab
in the back to the republican party.
Fortunately for us in Texas prohibi-
ton means democracy and democracy
means prohibition, the last democrat
ic platform declared that prohibition
list and democrat means one and the
same thing. We have no difficulty
in knowing our adversary-let MS
shoot out ballots straight at his eye.
Again read the following extract
from u report Of speech made by
Mr. Cochran in Eastern Texas. He
was the Republican candidate for
Governor last year:
He addressed a considerable part
of his speech to the colored voters,
told them never to surrender any OF
~ -.:oLtr of f~oo1,,-,, wh;nh thay
had enjoyed for such short time,
and if they voted for this amend
ment they would be doing SO that
they would have to get permit to
get drink, and it would remind the
older ones of how they used to carry
passes when they were slaves, and
the adoption of this amendment
would be step back to the day of
passes, and no man could tell what
would follow it. His object and no
doubt his mission is to capture the
colored voters, and he made some be-
lieve the government would be en-
dangered if prohibition carried. He
called their attention to theefact that
the states that had tried prohibition
had been entirely lost to the Repub
lican party, or had their Republican
majorities very largely reduced, and
tried to make the freedmen believe
that the prohibition movement would
lose them what power they had if
they didn't stop it.
Thus it is manifest that the idea
of the Republicans is to maintain an
unbroken front in their party against
prohibition, and by the aid of the
ants in the Democratic ranks to
overthrow the Democratic party in
the State.